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Each week Womens Eric Ebron Jersey , I will look to break down two of the best or worst plays (or situations) from the previous game, e which plays should given a closer look as I hope to explain what happened in greater detail than the broadcasters can. Often you’ll hear “how did that guy get so open?” and I hope to be able to answer that question for Colts fans this season.The Bills game went as well as it possibly could have for our Colts. Complete dominance from whistle to whistle. Now, I know what you’re probably thinking; “Shepherd, we just played week 8 and you’re giving us the week 7 impact plays?” and yes, I am. Sometimes life is hard and when it gets hard sometimes things like the week 7 impact plays take a backseat. So you’ll either accept these plays for what they are, or you wont. Either way the two plays I’m breaking down today, as voted by the Stampede Blue community are interesting and if you can’t take the fact it’s late, well my week 8 breakdown will drop in the next couple days. First, we’re going to take a look at Marlon Mack’s run on 4th and 1 early in the game that I feel really helped to establish a sense of dominance. It was a good spot on the field to go for it on 4th and short but it was also Frank Reich announcing his team was going to line up and be physical against a good Bills defensive front. The first thing I want to point out is that Le’Raven Clark checked in as an eligible receiver and lined up on the right side of the line. The Bills didn’t care and still lineup five defenders in the box on the let side of the offensive line (the viewer’s right). In a lot of instances, the quarterback would see that the offense had a numerical disadvantage and flip the play. After all, you’ve brought in an extra offensive linemen and the defense is light on his side of the line. But when you draft a guard sixth overall and you have Anthony Castonzo who has always been a good run blocking left tackle, well you probably tell your quarterback the ball is going left no matter what. I’ll go down the line from Clark to Mo Alie-Cox (your left to right) Clark easily disposes of Trent Murphy, throwing him down and completely out of the play. Clark also shows great hustle after winning his block as he turns and runs up field, he doesn’t get there in time to make another block and he could have recognized that he needed to get up field sooner, but the fact that he did it at all is a really good sign for the culture of the offensive line. Braden Smith, lined up at right tackle, had a very difficult assignment, getting the reach block on Kyle Williams who was lined up in as a 3-tech defensive tackle (and is really close to being lined up in more of a 2-tech). Williams, at this point in his career isn’t the same guy he was five years ago, but he’s still very good and this is not an easy block. He was never able to work his hips around Williams to cut off his path to the ball but he did make sure he rode him as long as he could, not letting him impact the play and running him right into the pile. Mark Glowinski got a quick hand on Williams before working to the second level, getting a block on Tremaine Edmunds. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Glowinski was unable to get great leverage on Edmonds. Ideally he works his hips around and pushes him away from the run, just like Smith’s block on Williams, Glowinski just cant get there on an insane athlete in Edmunds. Instead he does the next best thing and drives him past the play using Edmunds’ momentum against him. Ryan Kelly had a 1-tech defensive tackle lined up play side. He gets a chip from Quenton Nelson but he never works his hips around. The other two guys who have had this problem, I’ll give them a pass. Those were really difficult blocks to make. This wasn’t an easy reach block, but it’s one he needs to make. He didn’t get his hips around, you’ll sometimes hear people say that a center and guard or guard and tackle had a perfect combo block and were hip to hip, Kelly and Nelson were never hip to hip. Now it’s possible Kelly expected a bigger chip from Nelson and that’s something that will improve with time as these two guys continue to learn what to expect from each other, and it’s amazing to think these two guys will get better playing next to each other given how well the interior of the line has looked so far. Nelson gives a chip on the defensive tackle and works up to a flowing Matt Milano. Milano is having a great year, individually but is simply engulfed by a much bigger and stronger Quenton Nelson. Nelson spikes Milano into the turf, which helps both Ryan Kelly and Braden Smith as both men run their blocks into Milano creating a pile of bodies. Nelson, per usual, then runs down the field to try to help up his running back. Castonzo and Alie-Cox work a combo block on Jerry Hughes, pushing him down back towards the middle of the field and taking him where he wanted to go. This was a solid block but I would have liked to see Alie-Cox get off of the block and try to get a hand on safety Jordan Poyer. Instead he leaves him unblocked and standing in the hole. The fullback on this play is tight end Ryan Hewitt. He does a good job running cornerback Phillip Gaines out of the play. The only guy left to talk about is Marlon Mack. Mack takes the handoff and follows Hewitt making a cut off of his block. Mack is met in the hole by Jordan Poyer and Mack leaves Poyer (a good safety) grabbing at air as Mack spins away back towards the middle of the field. It’s difficult to say what might have happened had Mo Alie-Cox gotten off of his double team of Jerry Hughes and gotten a hand on Jordan Poyer but it sure looks like Mack would have been able to outrun number 20 http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/al-woods-jersey , Rafael Bush, without the spin move and then he would have been one on one with Micah Hyde. I don’t know that that would have happened. It’s just as possible that had Alie-Cox made that block it reroutes Mack directly into Tremaine Edmonds path and the rookie linebacker would have been able to get a hand on him and bring him down. It’s impossible to know what would have happened but it’s fun to think about and if you gave me the option to bet on who would win in the open field, Marlon Mack or Micah Hyde, I’m putting it all on Mack and I feel good about that bet. All in all this is a really interesting play that shows us a lot about the physical attitude this Colts team is putting on display halfway through the season. The next play, and the big winner of the week 7 poll:This is just the pre-snap read, if you thought I uploaded the wrong gif, scroll down.I wanted to try to figure out what Andrew Luck saw that had him check the play (or protection scheme) at the line. I wanted to figure it out because the play resulted in a big touchdown and I thought Luck’s audible was responsible for it. Pre-snap look from behind Luck:So Luck looks out at the defense, gives a hard count and he sees Tremaine Edmonds take a hard step forward and the safety to Luck’s left start to cheat towards the middle of the field. This means that the Bills are probably playing with a single safety over the top, which also means they could use the other safety to replace underneath coverage if they decide to bring a fifth pass rusher (aka, blitz). Edmonds took that hard step so it looks like they are going to bring the blitz. Further, Luck knows if the Bills blitz they’re in man coverage, this isn’t a team that’s going to give you zone blitz looks.It’s pretty easy for me to sit back and look at these gifs and tell you what’s happening. I’m not completely sold that Luck believed Edmonds was going to blitz, frankly they had a gameplan and knew Bills tendencies far better than the information I had going into watching this game. My point, though, is that I can sit here and tell you what I’m seeing after watching the clips a few times and breaking it all down. Andrew Luck is doing it in real time, he doesn’t get to watch the clip multiple times, he isn’t reading the defense while sitting on his couch typing on his laptop, what he’s doing is really hard to do. And Andrew Luck looks better pre-snap than he’s ever looked before. The actual play:I wanted to break this play down because I thought Luck made some genius adjustment. I mean he made a read, adjusted something and then Marlon Mack had a 29 yard catch and run for six points. But it wasn’t a brilliant check that made this play happen. It was blown coverage. This is man coverage and I believe the linebackers have an underneath zone, each gets half of the field. Tremaine Edmonds is lined up to Luck’s left and Matt Milano is lined up to his right. Milano who has had a great season, Rides Mo Alie-Cox all the way across the field while completely forgetting about the fact that the running back lined up on his side of the field. Milano didn’t account for Mack and decided he was going to take away the tight end. What Milano should have done was release Alie-Cox back toward the middle of the field (where Edmonds was waiting to help) and keep an eye on the back on his side. This play is mesh. It’s a perfect play, in theory there should be no way to stop it. Both receiving options that cross in the middle are running option routes. If Alie-Cox had felt Milano slide off back towards Mack, he likely would have tried to sit down in the zone and pick up what yards he could. You’ll notice Chester Rogers sits down between the two linebackers because he saw their zone, then once he realized he wasn’t open he continued his route in an effort to get open. Also, Rogers, for all of his faults and his incredibly frustrating drops this season, went out and made a heck of a block on this play. Without it, Mack probably doesn’t score. It was great effort and a selfless act. It’s good football for the sake of the team and I just can’t hate Rogers as long as he’s giving this kind of effort for the team. So this wasn’t a perfect audible, in fact I believe Luck was probably just communicating with his receivers that he saw man coverage coming and I think he may have adjusted his protection scheme. The thing that created this touchdown was just good old fashion bad defense.Colts Preseason Week 1: Last 5 in, first 5 out The Indianapolis Colts preseason is finally under way. There’s nothing wrong with being excited about the preseason. And what casual fans don’t understand, is that watching the meat of the roster for depth chart movement and the bottom of the roster players to see who will round out the roster is what it’s all about.The other day I went through (here) who I felt were — for a lack of better words — virtual locks for the roster, and discussed those who were on the roster bubble. By my count it left 5 spots on the roster with special teams already accounted for.Now, some of those current 48 ‘spoken for’ roster spots may be opened back up for interpretation, or they could look even more concrete. Then we need to go through the process of filling the open roster spots after each game. So http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/adam-vinatieri-jersey , that’s what we’ll do.Today, our first evaluation, to fill the roster, is finally here. Now we have to consider that Deon Cain will not be on the roster after the news of his season-ending ACL injury. Thus, I added the next receiver on my personal list to the roster. At the moment, that receiver is Kasen Williams making the “last 5 in” technically 6 now.We’ll also list 5 bubble players who are just on the outside looking in. Naturally, this is sort of a take on Joe Lunardi’s bracketology process, but I thought it could be fun. Let’s dig in.Last 5 In: Kasen WilliamsThursday night Williams hauled in 3 receptions (4 targets) for 46 yards. Williams still hasn’t put his full potential in view of the fan base, but his 6-foot-2, 220 pound frame offers a possession-style receiver to the corps where there really isn’t one currently.With Deon Cain now on the shelf for the remainder of the 2018 season, Williams brings the most of what the Colts will miss without him. Williams doesn’t have Cain’s speed, but the Colts already have that aspect from others at the position.Hassan RidgewayThere he is! Ridgeway has been one of those players who fans thought would break out within a year or two of his being drafted. He had a nice season last year, but had been very quiet thus far through training camp. Thursday night Ridgeway put 2 sacks and 3 tackles for loss on the board in the second half. Granted, his flash was against the Seahawks’ third and fourth-string offensive linemen, but we’ve seen him flash in the regular season in previous seasons. We know he can do it. Per my roster, this gives the Colts 10 defensive linemen. That’s a lot, but top talent makes the roster, right?Le’ Raven ClarkClark didn’t get a ton of snaps Thursday night despite the offensive line being low on bodies. J’Marcus Webb has been getting the first-team snaps, but if the Colts want athleticism Clark is by far the best of the rest. Clark still has a long way to go in his trek to being a legitimate NFL starter, but he’s got experience and he’s solid as a run blocker and has the potential to be a much better pass protector if it all can come together.Zach PascalPascal has been a late riser at training camp, but a noticeable one. In Seattle he caught his only target for a big gain (32 yards) via a fade route off the hand of Phillip Walker. Pascal has tuned himself into quite a good route runner, has the speed the offense could use to create mismatches and is right at that 6-foot-2, 220-pound mark that is so common among the team’s depth chart at the position.Pascal has been one who has been constantly been working on fielding punts in practices, and has been getting noticed more often from the team’s quarterbacks as well. Talent and chemistry with the passer is key in the NFL and it appears Pascal has been forming the beginnings of that bond over the past couple weeks.Ronald MartinWith Malik Hooker and Clayton Geathers headed back to the field sooner rather than later, the Colts need another safety who can offer coverage skills, one who isn’t a missed tackle waiting to happen and one who can get physical in the box. Most would probably put T.J. Green in this group simply because of his getting the starter snaps with Hooker and Geathers out, but not I.Martin scooped up a fumble and nearly had an interception off a tipped pass in Seattle, but only notched a single tackle in the Colts preseason opener. With a couple of the UDFA rookie safeties in the group like Chris Cooper and George Odum doing a solid job as well, Martin simply offers the power and aggression the backend of the Colts’ secondary will need in this new scheme. So far, I like Martin to squeak in.Robert JacksonThe early days of Colts training camp didn’t offer much in the way of depth cornerbacks standing out amongst the crowd. However, in the last week or so, Jackson has done a nice job in all aspects of the position. He’s a solid tackler, he has been much better in coverage and has done well breaking on the ball in front of him.Jackson has showed the speed to recover when initially beat deep as well as the willingness to stop the run just as he did Thursday night when he limited Rashaad Penny to a very short gain after crashing the box. With what we currently have on my roster, the Colts have four corners who can play on the boundary http://www.indianapoliscoltsteamonline.com/rigoberto-sanchez-jersey , but only two who have nickel abilities. Jackson offers some of that versatility as well.First 5 Out:Antonio MorrisonSimply put, Morrison is always going to be in the mix because of his physicality and aggression — he just is. He didn’t get a ton of reps in Seattle, but it’s very clear what he does, and doesn’t bring to the conversation. Morrison is a hard worker, he’d literally go head-on into a brick wall if a football was stuck to it and he adds some attitude to a very young and experienced linebacker corps. On the other hand, it’s just as obvious what he doesn’t have: speed, coverage ability and consistency.Unfortunately for Morrison, these are all aspects Chris Ballard and Frank Reich are wanting to become staples from their defensive talent.Darrell DanielsDaniels isn’t the only tight end on the roster bubble by any means. The common assumption is that he and Ross Travis will be battling it out all preseason for the final spot at the position. He caught a touchdown Thursday night in Seattle, and has a real toughness about him that is appreciated by his teammates and coaching staff.Daniels has some physical limitations, namely speed and size in comparison to the rest of those at the position, but he does have the intangibles. This will be one to watch very closely over the next few weeks, but right now, I just don’t see that he offers as much as the others.D.J. WhiteEarlier when talking about Robert Jackson, we touched on the ability to play in the nickel role. White will be in the mix for that reason and a couple others as the preseason continues. He was active in the Colts preseason matchup with the Seahawks, accumulating 2 solo tackles and offering some quality coverage in limited time. White was brought in last season by Ballard specifically to offer quality depth to a developing roster, which I think gives him a bit of leverage, but I just don’t think he’s quite as pliable as a few others. One good preseason game could easily put White on the ‘in’ list, which makes this another fun battle to follow throughout the 53-man cut downs.T.J. GreenSimilar to a few others on the current 90-man roster, Green will always be in the conversation until this roster’s talent level rises to contender status. He is a physical player and is long and fast, which goes a long way when talent isn’t exactly sitting around every corner for the Colts right now.Green’s inability to see what he’s hitting leading to missed tackles, his lack of awareness in coverage and lack of fundamentals are constantly leaving the fan base wanting more from him. I think the Colts have shown the willingness to move off of players when chemistry can be improved without them, yet, traits are a large portion of what Ballard looks for in players and could give Green more time when it’s all said and done.Matthew AdamsSince being drafted in the seventh round, Adams hasn’t been one of the rookie names heavily talked about. Thursday night, though, Adams showed that he can be disruptive and physical as a SAM backer for the Colts. Adams is more stout than his measurements would suggest, and I think he has enough speed to move around a bit in sub packages.Adams tipped a pass which nearly led to an interception, and took on all comers in the run game. Adams finished with 2 total tackles in Seattle, and though he technically sits behind Morrison on the depth chart, I think his special teams ability could keep him in the running throughout the preseason.Here’s a look at the roster with the changes:Green = projected roster players | Light Blue = new additionsGreen = projected roster players | Light Blue = new additions